Joint UNHCR - OCHA Note on Mixed Situations: Coordination in Practice

Dear colleagues,

Within the framework of the IASC Transformative Agenda, UNHCR and OCHA have recently been engaged in bilateral consultations to simplify and streamline leadership and coordination arrangements in a complex emergency or natural disaster where a Humanitarian Coordinator has been appointed, and a UNHCR-led refugee operation is also underway.

We are now pleased to shre with you a Joint UNHCR - OCHA Note on Mixed Situations: Coordination in Practice. This Note provides guidance on how, in 'mixed' settings where the population of humanitarian concern include refugees, IDPs and other affected groups, the leadership and coordination mechanisms should function in practice.